World Gone Sour on PSN Today, Starring The Sour Patch Kids

If you could ask the candy that you eat what its lifelong goals are, what would it say? Would it tell you that it wants to be an astronaut? Drive in the Indy 500? Run a marathon? Probably not. If you asked a Sour Patch Kid that question, the answer would be this: To make it to the human belly, their sweet rapture.

And that, my friends, is the premise of our new video game World Gone Sour starring the sweet-then-sour candy, Sour Patch Kids. We took that premise, added Creed Bratton from NBC’s “The Office” as our “sometimes sweet and sometimes sour” narrator, got Wu-Tang’s own Method Man to create a custom song included in the game, and set out to make a ridiculously fun game for you to enjoy.

World Gone Sour is a puzzle platformer made by the incredibly talented team at Playbrains (makers of the PSN-exclusive game Sideway where you play as an inch-high candy in a twisted miniature world where you play through sticky movie theatre floors, across sizzling hamburger grills, through a psychotic doll house, and over razor sharp buzz saws. You use the sour patch kid followers that you pick up along the way to absorb to get stronger, or throw them around like ammunition to help you take down ridiculous foes. You’ll face dust bunnies, rogue nacho cheese beasts, gum crawlers, and matchbook spiders as you wall jump, grapple, and swing your way through the multiple environments and settings.

If all of that wasn’t enough, you can also play with your friend in our local co-op mode at any time with drop-in and drop-out functionality.

It’s $4.99 on PSN and launches later today. Pick it up, chew it up, watch some Method Man, listen to the smooth vocal shenanigans of Creed Bratton, and let us know what you think in the comments below!

° Please enable html5 and flash player to the PS Vita.
° Youtube Instagram and Skype app for the PS Vita.
° Google Chrome web browser to the PS Vita.
° Cross chat platform between PS Vita and PS3 users.
° Organize the content of the PSN and add a sort list on the download list by year,month,genre.

° Show to the PS3 users when the PS Vita users are conected and enable the present data.
° Full integration of the PS Plus features for Ps Vita users enable cloud saving services and the other features like the PS3.
° Improve the Facebook app of the PS Vita.
° Release an avatar pack when the game comes out not 3 weeks laters.

° Fix the ps3 browser and make a partnership with Google or Mozilla to the next gen console. ° More PSN games to the vita and ports of great titles like Journey,Flower,Nba Jam, Castle Crasher, Magic Orbz, Pacman, Closure, Tetris, Modern Combat, ect ect.
° Enable to send pictures from the PS Vita to the PS3.
° Buy Quantic Dream and ThatGameCompany.
° Please PS fans needs Kevin Butler again in the next E3 also Guerrilla Games with the new IP and the PS Vita version of Killzone , Naughty Dog with Last of Us, Santa Monica Studio with the secret project,Respawn Entretaiment with the new IP and The last Guardian.
° Sony needs to show Bioshock, Assassins Creeds, Monster Hunter,Phantasy Star online and Call of Duty for PS Vita.
°Sony needs more game for the PS Vita like Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Phantasy Star, Battlefield, God of War,Gran Turismo, Infamous, NBA 2K and a RPG like Skyrim.
° Price Drop of PS3 and Ps Vita
° A MMO for the PS Vita.
° The next console needs a universal party system for all the games.

Hey Guys – Adam Boyes here from the Production Team! Thanks so much for your comments.

@JonJonXD – Glad you were a fan of Sideway! The team is really talented and passionate, and we all had a ton of fun making this game!

@jazzyrider – Currently no plans for a Vita version, but if this one sells like sour patch flavored hotcakes, then we will definitely explore more platforms. I do love my Vita!

@PainofSarrow – The full playthrough really depends on the skills of the player. There are 13 pretty large levels, and each one can take 15-30 minutes depending on your level of skill. In order to find all of the collectables and get all of the trophies, you’ll have to find all of the nooks and crannies which should take 5-6 hours.

Anything else guys, just let me know. I’ll be monitoring the blog over the next few days to answer the questions that I can!

Adam, I’ve been searching PSN for Sideways for months (forgot the name but remembered the awesome trailer). I’ll definitely be getting both these games today. Also, what’s it like working with a legend like Tim Lewison? :)

I don’t know who your target audience is, but my 2 sons and I were not the least bit impressed by the trailer, and we love multiplayer platformers. Wasn’t expecting much for $5 but after watching it I’m thinking “free at Burger King” quality. Sideways was really good though so I’ll keep an eye open for a demo.

° Please enable html5 and flash player to the PS Vita.
° Youtube Instagram and Skype app for the PS Vita.
° Google Chrome web browser to the PS Vita.
° Cross chat platform between PS Vita and PS3 users.
° Organize the content of the PSN and add a sort list on the download list by year,month,genre.
° Show to the PS3 users when the PS Vita users are conected and enable the present data.
° Full integration of the PS Plus features for Ps Vita users enable cloud saving services and the other features like the PS3.
° Improve the Facebook app of the PS Vita.
° Release an avatar pack when the game comes out not 3 weeks laters.

COMPLETELY AGREE with La_maravich_22 in every aspect, but I understand the complications with flash support. DO MORE FOR YOUR WESTERN AUDIENCE SONY! You have tons of tit crazy fans who jump at every form of cleavage included in an rpg/jrpg haha.

@csreynolds A proud consumer Sony products that want the best for all the comunity and the best for Sony.
@themajestic-2 I dont want nothing free if have to pay i pay . I am not greedy person BUT I have to give this ideas to Sony

I bought Sideway with my PS+ discount (iirc) and it took me a while to get around to playing it, but once I did, I found it extremely enjoyable. It controlled much better than I thought it would, the sound and music was great, and it had an all-around feeling of polish to it that a lot of other PSN games don’t always seem to have. For $5, I’m totally blind-buying this.
Keep up the good work, Playbrains!